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Thomas Bateman (
8 November,
1821 (baptised) -
28 August,
1861) was an
English antiquary and
barrow-digger.
Biography
Thomas Bateman was born in
Rowsley,
Derbyshire, the son of the amateur
archaeologist William Bateman. After the death of his father in
1835, Bateman was raised by his grandfather, and from the age of 16 he helped run the family estate, in the course of which he became interested in archaeology: Sir
Richard Colt Hoare's
Ancient History of North and South Wiltshire influenced him greatly.
Bateman's first archaeological experience was observing the demolition of a
medieval church in
Bakewell. He joined the
British Archaeological Association in
1843 and in
1844, whilst at an archaeological congress in
Canterbury, participated in the excavation of barrows in the surrounding countryside. The following year he excavated 38 barrows in
Derbyshire and
Staffordshire, earning himself the nickname "The Barrow Knight".
In
1847 he published
Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire which united his work with that of earlier excavators in the area. He continued to excavate barrows, 50 in the period
1848 -
1849 and a further 22 between
1851 and
1861, when he died. His second book was
Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills in the Counties of Derby, Stafford and York, published in the year of his death.
After his death, his son sold most of Bateman's collections, parts of which were acquired by the
Sheffield City Museum in
1893, including the celebrated
Benty Grange helmet.
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